Barbara Pym: 24 books

Book cover of Donne eccellenti
by Barbara Pym
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 23, 2012

Un bell'uomo un po' sciocco segretamente ammirato da una donna che del proprio non avere speranza non solo non si cruccia, ma addirittura ne fa un punto di forza; un ecclesiastico in balia delle circostanze; un antropologo terribilmente impegnato nelle sue ricerche, forse inutili e che nell'altro...
Book cover of Un po' meno che angeli
by Barbara Pym
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 26, 2017

Tom è un giovane attraente, alto, esile, che proviene da una famiglia agiata, abbandonata per seguire la sua incontenibile passione per l’antropologia. Ha una fidanzata più grande di lui, Catherine: giornalista per una rivista femminile, è una donna indipendente, ironica e brillante, con abbastanza...
Book cover of Crampton Hodnet
by Barbara Pym
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 11, 2011

Oxford, anni trenta. La signorina Doggett, un'insopportabile vecchia signora, riempie la propria esistenza organizzando tè e criticando la moralità altrui. La sua dama di compagnia, Jessie Morrow, una trentenne gentile, intelligente e spiritosa che sa di essere considerata socialmente "priva...
Book cover of Jane and Prudence
by Barbara Pym
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013

The author of Excellent Women explores female friendship and the quiet yearnings of British middle-class life—a literary delight for fans of Jane Austen. Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates were close friends at Oxford University, but now live very different lives. Forty-one-year-old Jane lives...
Book cover of Less Than Angels
by Barbara Pym
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013

A tale of a woman’s romantic entanglements with two anthropologists—and the odd mating habits of humans—from the author of Jane and Prudence. Catherine Oliphant writes for women’s magazines and lives comfortably with anthropologist Tom Mallow—although she’s starting to wonder if...
Book cover of No Fond Return of Love
by Barbara Pym
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013

Three lonely people come together in this poignant, witty novel of star-crossed romance from the New York Times–bestselling author of Jane and Prudence. After being jilted by her fiancé, Dulcie Mainwaring despairs of ever finding true love. For a distraction, she goes to a publishing conference,...
Book cover of Some Tame Gazelle
by Barbara Pym
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013

A novel of two sisters in postwar England that lets you “step into the Jane Austen–like lives of Harriet and Belinda Bede” (The Christian Science Monitor). Belinda and Harriet Bede live together in a small English village. Shy, sensible Belinda has been secretly in love with Henry Hoccleve—the...
Book cover of Mujeres excelentes
by Barbara Pym
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 6, 2016

Mildred Lathbury, la narradora, es una mujer soltera que vive en Londres y ocupa su tiempo en diversas tareas en la parroquia, en tomar el té con las amigas, en obras de caridad y en satisfacer las necesidades de los demás. Es inteligente y observadora, pero también tímida e insegura, en parte...
Book cover of Un poco menos que ángeles
by Barbara Pym
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 18, 2018

Un poco menos que ángeles es la historia de los amores, los trabajos y las esperanzas de un grupo de jóvenes antropólogos. Catherine Oliphant es escritora y vive con el apuesto antropólogo Tom Mallow. Su relación se tambalea cuando él comienza a tontear con una estudiante, Deirdre Swann. Al...
Book cover of Jane e Prudence
by Barbara Pym
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 22, 2015

Jane e Prudence: amiche di età e modi di essere differenti, una teneramente sciatta, l’altra impeccabilmente elegante. Jane, quarantenne, è un'accademica dal viso struccato e dall'abbigliamento dimesso, più adatto a un pollaio che a essere mostrato in pubblico. Casalinga incapace, non...
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